Made for every kid

Boredom Mode is a set of small toys you play with your hands, and a small music studio. It is made for kids who don't read yet, kids who like things quiet, kids who like things bright, and kids who play with VoiceOver or Switch Control. This page says plainly what the app does for them.

No words needed

• Every toy opens from a home screen of small moving pictures. There are no words to read.
• Nothing a child needs depends on reading. There are no levels, no timers and no way to fail. The one exception is Domes' Chaos, a timed game that only a grown-up can switch on.
• The hand at the bottom of each toy shows how it's played, with a ghost hand and no words.
• What your child makes, such as a carved sand tray or a picture in Glow, is still there next time.

As quiet or as bright as you like

One setting, Feel, changes the whole app.

• Calm: quieter sound, softer vibration, gentler color, and nothing starts by itself, so nothing unexpected happens on its own.
• Everyday: every toy but Prism.
• Bright: louder, stronger vibration, bigger color, and Prism, a color-shifting liquid.

A grown-up can also hide toys, keep the phone on one toy, or turn off tilt, sound or vibration. On silent, Boredom Mode makes no sound at all.

Easy to touch and see

• Buttons are at least 44 points across, a comfortable size for small fingers.
• The grown-up settings follow the text size you choose on your iPhone.

Motion and flashing

• Boredom Mode follows your iPhone's Reduce Motion setting. It also has its own Reduce Motion switch in settings. Either one turns off shake, flashing and Prism.
• Lights that answer a tap are built never to flash more than three times a second, however fast your child taps.
• Prism, the most colorful toy, only appears at Bright, and never with Reduce Motion on.

A small number of people can have seizures triggered by flashing lights or moving patterns. No screen can be promised safe for everyone. If your child has ever had a seizure or reacts to light or patterns, talk to their doctor before use, and keep Prism hidden.

VoiceOver, Switch Control and keyboards

• With VoiceOver, each picture on the home screen is a button named after its toy, and the house is "Home". When a toy opens, VoiceOver reads its name and a short description of what to do.
• With Switch Control, the keys of EM8, the small synthesizer, become buttons.
• With VoiceOver, Switch Control, Voice Control or a keyboard, the settings button opens in one step, like any other button.
• Boredom Mode works with Guided Access, which keeps the iPhone in one app. How to set it up.

VoiceOver support is built in and still being checked on real iPhones. If something doesn't work for your child, please tell us.

Grown-ups stay in charge

• Settings open only when you press and hold the gear button for about a second. A quick tap just shows "Hold to open", so small hands don't get in by accident.
• Saving a song or a loop as a file, and turning on Recording, ask a grown-up question first: a multiplication written in words, typed on a number pad.
• The microphone stays off until a grown-up turns on Recording. Only then does the iPhone ask for it. Recordings stay on the phone and are kept out of backups.

Nothing to worry about

• No ads. No accounts. Nothing to buy inside. You pay once.
• No internet needed. The app never connects to the internet, so it works on a plane, in the car, anywhere.
• No data collected. Read the Privacy Policy.

A toy, not a medical product

Boredom Mode is a toy and a small studio. It makes no health claims. It is simply built so that more kids can pick it up and play.

Questions, or something that doesn't work for your child: support@boredommode.com. We read everything.